Liberation Station Bookstore

Liberation Station Bookstore Liberation Station is a local independent bookstore that believes in making representation accessible and amplifying Black voices.

Home.There was something beautiful about watching the babies locked into The Wiz with nothing but their snacks, imaginat...
06/06/2026

Home.

There was something beautiful about watching the babies locked into The Wiz with nothing but their snacks, imagination, and each other. No iPads. No phones. No distractions.

Just community.

I watched elders wander the shelves, smiling as the movie carried them back to another time, wrapped in the nostalgia of songs and memories they have carried for decades.

And I couldn't help but think: when these babies grow up and think of home, they will remember this. They will remember a gloriously Black Washington Terrace. A First Friday on Hill Street. A warm summer evening in 2026. The laughter. The music. The stories. The feeling of belonging.

They will remember that home was a place where they were seen, celebrated, and surrounded by the beauty of their people.

06/05/2026

Gloriously Black.

06/05/2026

🌟 FIRST FRIDAY ON DA HILL 🌟

Tomorrow night, we're bringing Black film, community, and good vibes to the Hill.

Join us at Liberation Station Bookstore as we gather under the stars to watch The Wiz—a timeless classic that reminds us there is no place like home and that the power we seek often lives within us all along.

📍 Liberation Station Bookstore
430 Hill Street, Raleigh, NC 27610

🗓 Friday, June 5
⏰ 6PM–9PM

Bring your blankets, family, and friends. This event is free and open to the community.

🍿 Concessions will be available for purchase throughout the evening.

✨ Mark your calendars for June 19th. Something special is coming to the Hill. We have a BIG announcement to share with our community. Trust us you won't want to miss it.

Come early. Stay late. Build community.

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✨ FIRST FRIDAY ON DA HILL ✨🎬Pull up a chair, bring a blanket, and join us for an evening of Black film, community, and g...
06/05/2026

✨ FIRST FRIDAY ON DA HILL ✨🎬

Pull up a chair, bring a blanket, and join us for an evening of Black film, community, and good vibes on The Hill.

This month we're featuring The Wiz, a timeless classic that reminds us there truly is no place like home.

🌟 Friday, June 5
🕕 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
📍 Liberation Station Bookstore
430 Hill Street, Raleigh, NC 27610

Come early and enjoy our amazing neighbors and vendors:

💅 Nail Yeah
🧃 Juiced
🍴 Food Trucks
🛍 Local Vendors
🎥 Community Movie Night

This event is FREE and open to the community.

At Liberation Station, we believe stories don't just live inside books. They live in films, conversations, neighborhoods, and the people who gather together to experience them.

Bring your family. Bring your friends. Bring your lawn chairs. We'll bring the movie.

See y'all on Da Hill. 🌿💛

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05/17/2026

Y’all heard Emerson 😭🛠️✨

The parking lot is getting paved today, but WE ARE STILL OPEN!

The main parking lot will be temporarily closed, but there’s plenty of parking available near the barbershop, so don’t let that stop you from coming to shop with us on this beautiful day. ☀️📚

We’ll be here from 11–1, and we’d love to see your faces at Liberation Station Bookstore 💚

05/16/2026

BLACKOUT is happening RIGHT NOW at Liberation Station Bookstore and the room is full of Black stories, Black imagination, and Black brilliance. 🖤📚

Today we are honored to host three beautiful authors:

✨ Tara Turner — author of Pinky Plum’s New Family

✨ Tammy Meeks — author of Be Confident Like Tammy

✨ Katelyn Williams — author of Whatkin Brown Girls Do


All three authors will be here until 1PM, so come by, purchase a book, get it signed, take photos, and most importantly SUPPORT BLACK AUTHORS.

Because representation is not a trend.
Stories save lives.
And Black children deserve shelves overflowing with possibility.

Pull up. Bring a friend. Share this post. Follow these authors. Buy the books. Tell somebody.

And if you miss this one, we hope to see you at the next BLACKOUT. 🖤

You do not have to fine tune Blackness.Not in a bookstore.Not in a child.Not in the sound of a cello resting against bro...
05/16/2026

You do not have to fine tune Blackness.
Not in a bookstore.
Not in a child.
Not in the sound of a cello resting against brown skin like it always belonged there.

Today is our 2nd Blackout Author Showcase at Liberation Station Bookstore, and I keep thinking about how often Black children are asked to perform identity instead of simply live inside of it.

As if Blackness only counts when it is loud enough.
Urban enough.
Marketable enough.
Digestible enough.

But this?
This is Blackness too.

A teenage boy sitting in a bookstore built for our stories, fine tuning his cello before the room fills with Black authors, Black readers, Black imagination, Black futures.

No performance.
No explanation.
No permission needed.

Just softness.
Study.
Artistry.
Discipline.
Curiosity.
Joy.

We created Liberation Station because our children deserve spaces where they do not have to shrink or exaggerate themselves to belong. They deserve room to explore every note of who they are becoming.

Today, the cello sings.
The books breathe.
The stories gather.

And somewhere inside all of it, a Black child gets to witness that there is no single way to be beautifully, fully, undeniably Black.

See y'all at 11.

05/15/2026

BIG NEWS💕

We’re excited to welcome the newest member of the Liberation Station family: Kashmir Ramey🤎📚✨

Kashmir officially joins our team next week, and we could not be more honored to walk alongside her as she steps into this new chapter.

At Liberation Station Bookstore, we believe community should look like all of us. This is an autism-friendly and neurodivergent-affirming environment, rooted in patience, dignity, joy, and care. We ask our community to continue showing up with kindness, gentleness, and love as Kashmir settles into the space.

Please greet her warmly. Engage with her. Encourage her. Celebrate her.

Because this work has never only been about books.
It has always been about building the kind of world our children deserve to inherit. 🌻

Welcome to The Station, Kashmir. We’re so glad you’re here.

✨ PARENTS NIGHT OUT AT LIBERATION STATION ✨Parents… this one is for you. 🤍On Friday, May 29th, drop the kids off at Libe...
05/14/2026

✨ PARENTS NIGHT OUT AT LIBERATION STATION ✨
Parents… this one is for you. 🤍

On Friday, May 29th, drop the kids off at Liberation Station for an evening filled with books, games, movement, laughter, food, and joy while you take a few hours to rest, reconnect, run errands, go on a date night, or simply breathe.

As caregivers, we pour so much into everyone else. We wanted to create a safe, affirming, joy-filled space for children while also creating room for parents to pause.

📚 WHAT’S INCLUDED:
✨ A free book for every child
✨ Games
✨ Food
✨ Movement activities
✨ Storytime
✨ Community and connection

📍 Liberation Station Bookstore
430 Hill Street
Raleigh, NC 27610

🗓 Thursday, May 29th
⏰ Drop Off: 5:45PM
🎉 Program Hours: 6:00PM–8:30PM
👧🏾👦🏽 Grades K–5
💵 $60 per child

HOW TO SECURE YOUR SPOT:
Spots are limited to 20 children and will fill up fast.

Payment can be made:
✨ Onsite the day of
OR
✨ Via Venmo:

IMPORTANT:
📋 A waiver must be signed before drop-off.
🩺 Children will be supervised by certified, trained CPR & First Aid certified educators and community teaching artists including our very own

If your child has any accommodations, dietary needs, sensory needs, special concerns, or support considerations, please reach out to us directly so we can best support your family:
📧 [email protected]

We can’t wait to create, move, read, and imagine together. 🌿

This Friday at 6 PM at Liberation Station Bookstore, our Autism Support Group will welcome a very special guest: Kimberl...
05/13/2026

This Friday at 6 PM at Liberation Station Bookstore, our Autism Support Group will welcome a very special guest: Kimberly Kizito, M.Ed, better known as The IEP Strategist.

Bring your pens. Bring your paper. Bring your questions.

For over 15 years, Kimberly has helped families across all 50 states better understand their rights, navigate IEP meetings, and advocate fiercely for their children inside public school systems. Her work has empowered countless parents to walk into these spaces informed, prepared, and unafraid.

At Liberation Station, we believe our children deserve more than survival inside systems. They deserve advocacy, understanding, dignity, and access.

Whether you are brand new to the IEP process, overwhelmed by it, or simply trying to better support your child — this conversation is for you.

✨ We will also be streaming LIVE on Instagram for families who cannot attend in person.

Friday • 6 PM
Bring a notebook. Bring community. Bring yourself.

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430 Hill St
Raleigh, NC
27610

Opening Hours

Wednesday 10am - 2pm
Thursday 10am - 2pm
Friday 10am - 2pm
Saturday 10am - 2pm

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